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The Gamecock Founded January 30, 1908 ROBERT ELLIOTT GONZALES, First Editor I,uedi Ii-WeIkl% by the .1titlcnt bo ly of the li nitci sil} of Soulth ('aloitm l d inig the college t-at 'etcpt during exaluiillioI s avid %a- ion pictil. -1.,Icr e"d as tcott ch s ml a t Ilet at the po,toffite at Colmila, S. C., Altnmi AsF,rial[oin tmnlerr.hip die mtle cr suhiltion for alumn i. Stude"t atticites fce inelu-ies $l.tl nhacliption for "tu d_nts. Mernber IAssoc tted Colle6aie Press Distributor of Colle6ate Di6est aEpnERENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERIRtN . National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO " BosTON " LO ANMr.ra " SAN FRANCIRr. STAFF E.ditor...................................................... lo n 11. Rcese Ml a naging Editor......................................l bby \\'illiaiuns EDITORIAL S t AFF Nca t I..litor...................-- - - ....................n1ie Sr.,rn Assoiat. E,liltol.........................('ittt It-t Co- El L.lui........................ lal l;:t cl 11rElt crtl Society Edlitor............................ Itt~IcIc Spiot to Ei'lori...................................... IlutlIt (utters Circulation lanoagct ...............................illy Itcckh:uanl New%s Slaff-Sarah Buall. IoukIc ktiigiht. VirginIai Mclluffie, Alartha Sleadntan. Sally Anle;tin. Ricea W1a'rd. I1"ggy '1r cter Alary Shou, Oral Icnhower. PaIsy litacket. Wilhum Launtuce. Virginia Itayor, Jack Ilechil. otlii Si ntpsnn. I- el Laia, Ernest Datis, Margaret llolgitns, Alargaret de Alerieli, Belly Motley, Jute I)eannler. 1btsincss AManager.................1. . \\'illi:im 1111tchiluon CAROLINA, CLEMSON RIVALRY EXTENDED TO WAR BOND PURCHASES The letter printed here is a copy of a communication sent to the President of Clemson College by Willie P. Horton, presi dent of the student body, in connection with the forthcoming 7th Wa r 11,oan drive: May 8, 1945. Dear President Poole: Greetings from Carolina! It our hope that you and yours are faring and feeling as well as we here at the University of South Caro 'lina. As you have probably done at Clemson, the students on our campus, too, have been planning and working on ways to promote the selling of War Bonds and Stamps dur ing the Seventh War Loan Drive. After dis cussing various promoting methods, we were at a loss to readily set an amount as a goal towards which to work, therefore we looked around for a competitive basis on which we could work, thus leaving the sky as the only limit. Considering the past rivalry between C.ro. lina and Clemson on the baseball, basketball, and football fields, we see no reason why this couldn't be shifted to spur a worthy drive such as War Bond and Stamp selling. Therefore, sir, we, the student body of the University of South Carolina, do hereby chal lenge the students of Clemson College to competition in a contest based on per capita buying of War Bonds and Stamps, beginning as of April 30 and extending through June 30, the dates of the Seventh War Loan Drive. If you let us know of your willingness to participate in such a feud, we will arrange a definite program and devise some sort of prize for the winner. Hoping to hear from you by return mail, I am Very truly yours, WILLIE P. HORTON, President of the Student Body, Taking for gran ted t hat C lemson College wrill accept the challenge of the p)residenlt of the studenft b)ody, it now\~ devolve up 1lon the student body to purchase as many stainp5 andl bonds duiring the Sev'enth War Loan D rivye in orde'r toI emelrge vict orious from the fray with our tradIitionalI rivals. The score between the twvo is two-one now; they b)eat us in footballI anld we took them in baseb)all andl( b)asketball. Make it three to onle! HEAT H ELL OUT OF CL,EMSON! SCARLETT SEARSON RETURNS TO FORMER GAMECOCK PERCH: OLD COLUMNIST LEAVES Beginning with this issue, The GamecockJ(*l has a new columnist. TAKE YOUJIt FO(yT OFF MY FACE, the former column, has been abolished andl its p)erpetrator, Knobby Walsh, no longer renders that service to The Gamecock. The new author is certainly n-ot new, nor a novice. The return of Ann "Scarlett" Searson to her post of chatter for three past semesters will once again bring to The Gamecock the element of free speech. (By "free speech" is meant verhosity, loquacious ness, garrulousness, dIiffuseness, copiousness or prolixity. You may take your choice.) UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT DROPS BECAUSE OF WAR; NO ALARM WARRANTED A chicken, in its wanderings about the barnyard, sometimes plucks an ill kernel from the corn cob, leaving a distinctly un pleasant taste in its mouth. The Gamecock plucked such a kernel in the April 27 issue. In an editorial the University was as sailed for making no vigorous, concerted effort to recruit students from the high schools of the state for attendance at the University as The Gamecock looked appre hensively at the present dearth of men stu dents. Since last week, certain facts have conic to the attention of The Gamecock which considerably consoled our apprehension at the decrease in male enrollment, and con vinced us that the University is making a concerted, concrete effort to obtain high school graduates. These things are being (lone towards re cruiting students: 1. A pictorial bulletin describing every feature of the University and its advantages is sent to every high school graduate in South Carolina each year and to selected lists outside of this state. These bulletins, compiled by Mr. Frank Wardlaw, adjunct professor and head of the University News Service, are comparable to the best issued by other institutions in the South. 2. Dr. Harry Clark, Extension Division lecturer, travels from high school to high school throughout the state during the en tire year, interviewing prospective students everywhere he goes and encouraging the best to enter Carolina. 8. Several special bulletins are issued each year in addition to the pictorial bulletin for the purpose of attracting students. Examples (luring the past year of this bulletin, which usually emphasizes a particular feature or department, are the bulletin of the Depart ment of Nursing, a special pamphlet describ ing the second summer school, and a booklet of information about Carolina for the re turning veteran. '. Each year until this year, the Univer sity has placed an agent in the field for the purpose of visiting prospective students. It is now impossible, however, to get a gaso line allotment for this work, and last year's experience proved it could not be profitably undertaken without the use of an automobile. 5. The Alumni Association has sent re peated requests to alumni wherever they are found asking them to encourage high school graduates to enroll at Carolina. The alumni are instructed to select the best, most de sirable type of student. The striking decrease in male enrollment is due far more to the natural effect of the war rather than a failure on the part of the administration these facts convincingly midicate. Statist ics compiledl by Rtaymondl Walters, p)residlent of the University' of Cin cinnati, showv that the wvartime enrollments in various institutions are as much as 50 to 90( per cent below the p)eacetime attendlance of men five years ago. IEnrollment at the University (male) has dlecreasedl 76.65 per~ cent since September, 1941, from 1,117 males to 273. Consolation is found, however, in the fact that there are many institutions that are suffering far greater dlifliculties than we. With the Fiiuropeani war endled, males shold become far less rare than nowv. As more and( mlore veterans are d ischargedl, and1( the indluction of 18-year-olds step)ped dlown, the deplleted ranks of the males at Carol ina should begin to fill out. GAMECOCK REMAINS OPEN TO ALL WHO WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS In an ill-received letter to the editor, the G amecock has been referred to as "'your pa~per, no longer ouars."' The Gatmecock hastens to replrove the a uthor of the elpistle antd to state that the Ga~me'cock is now the voice of the studlents, shall continue to be as long as its columns are opened to any communication from any studI(ent. This is niot to be 'onIstruIed to men that he (editorials of the Gamecock are neces sari ly representativye of the studlent Op)inion0. They are more Often the opinions of the edlitor. Th'e ed(itor' does, however, keep a wary eye on the trendls of thought on the campus, and inculcates in the editorials what seems to him to be the majority op)inion of the campus as b)est he can ascertain them. Ilowever., when the editor writes his own op)inions without reference to others, it is merely because there is no studlent pulse to p)ut a questioning finger upon, because often this studlent body gives indlication that it should he, not on a college campus, but on a marble slah in the morge.o t ? The Japs kicked him in the face i fists, knifed him, jabbed him with a Pvt. E. O. Moore cane through th You've done your bit; now do youi Quesiou o What was yourI first though:It - Kathryn McSwain: "I just I June Deaumer: "I sho' wished ly m11a<le me( realize t hat. we still Tommy Howell: "I was very forni to Stop fo -I h1olilahy." Margaret McElveen: " Ilapp have anI (opporltunlity to 'omne h1o Bob Noble: "I really lon't I r Ruth Goldsmith: ".ltsi as I fil to the good (od." Joyce Hetzel: "'Thaiuk fuil haI here soon1e1r.' Jack Bechtel: "f litmluht ofI Ilope all of it will he over (ltielc Letters To In Germany 17 April, 194. Editoi, The Gamecock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Dear Editor: I have just recelved my March l5 copy of TIE GAMECOCK, and your editorial on our oldest. tradition, The Honor System, intertsted me quite a bit. What is the solution.' You leave this question unanswer ed. liere Is the answer as I see it. I take note of the widespread opin Ion that the navy man loses if he doesn't cheat. Much more c"onscient ous about mly responsibjilitijes than in moy days at Carolina, I know what it wvill mean if I (cheal out here. (1 didn't che(at att Carolina, but I didn't (do anything else' eit her.) IIere, andi on our' Navy's ocean, too, you can't cheat the enemy. The only cheating you can do is to cheat your buddy by leaving your work undIone' and letting him put himself in jeopardy instead of you, That's in general. Blut the army's lieutenant andl the nlavy's ensign are afforded bigger and betltr chances. They ('an ('heat t heir men, the men who look to hemi for knowledge, triainin)g andl a little later, leadershIp in combat. When the showdown comes, it's a little late to explain to the boys "Oh, I slipped a little baOck at Car olina. We had the same situation on a test and I read t he answer off anoliher Joe's paper'. I meant to look it up later, hut it slipped by too fast," because Jloe Donkes, who is now going dowvn for' the third time with no gold braid gleaming in the Stin was at Carolina too, only he didn't ('heat. It's tragic that hle's gone butt (he ensign's story is moie t ragic', he must liv'e along life wvithi his ('onscience. G;od help) us if the officer corps of our armed forces is io b' made' til or men whose com missions are woo by the sweat of someone e'lse's hack. AndI now let mie rem)indl you that our state looks to the men and worn en (If Carolina and the lesse'r in sittutlins oIf Clemson, Wi nthrop1 t and Thie Citadlel to guide andl govern tine progress of our state in the long hmardl years that we enn see in tihe future. In a civilian se'nse, tine salie tinig applies. Yours very tiruly, (signedtl) Jmes I). McA i tur' To( thle Editor of The G;ame'ock: Several remarks on the sporting pIage' of The Gamecock issued two weeks ago would lead one to be lieve the college pIape(r was not very hearty in its support of thw athletic teams, particularly the track team. I realize that the re port probably reflected the opinion of one man but to the public It re flects the opinIon of a school, Should not a college naper, ~naid mnd stomach, smablied him with their pitchfork and left him for dead, but is ordeal. Now you come through. r best-Buy more War Bonds. E the Veck when you henrl ol \'-. .l' elt wondcerfulI." Sit. were '-) day, btl it eeri'laii ha ve a long wayv to 4go." glh'l, I wished we all cull ;i '- a -hal 54111om of our 'ir'iicl. will 1le.'' hipe evernvonle e1se Fell Il<atl hatlf is over and V-.I day will be 11 11w liMiInwl e..g Iy." The Editor for by student fee%, give full sup port to teams representing that school as long as those teams play the game fair and square and to the utmost of their ability? A series of mecis 'oiid havea beemn scheduled that would have result ed in complete victories. Inistead, I scheduled the best opposition avail able in this area. All of the mem hers of the squad have given their best to win and have done well. In the recent meet with Georgia Pre-Flight in which we were de feated 91-10, 1 saw the finest exhi lion of courage and teamwork I have ever seen. To me, these boys, w"ithbout suffieientI coaching, but wit h an inidomit able spirit are the finest grop I have ever ttiied to coach. WVhy not give themn a littIlr support niext .time'. J1. T. P1-:N NY. May .1 19-115. Editor, Trhe Ganmecoet, Campus. D)ear JIohn: I have' readt your edlitorialI enI titled: "University Should Act Now to Correct Deficiency in Physical Education." Let me say, "I agree." La1st year I tautghit phlysicatl edtu eationi classes (tally and1( I was shoeked to find Inconimig freshmen so poorly prepatred In pihysical e'du etioni. Should we tell an outtsier there we're boys In the University with sttchl poor body control they are unnbile to roll a forward somier sautlt, lie woutld thitik we were kiddintg, yet I p)ersonailly c'ounlted I4 freshmien in one cltass whote were untablle to (10 It. Shoutld we say there we're ap)proximately 700t tion-swii tiers at the Untive'rsity, fe'w woutld believe its, yet that 'ontditiotn e'xlsts. l.ast year 30 boys learnted to simt in phlyslet educa('Itlont classes--that was otnly a small parl. I agree with you, John, the Statte of South Onro lita Is falinmg Its sons ai dlaugli ters badely. Allan iiSindlie'r's letler ailsot a ppeal ed to ame, but it pr''tesent aI ques I ion to mty mindie. Allant was ani i th. letic' persion. I kttew him we'll. lie was a swimnmer and( wvorked out ini the gym regularly. If he foutnd thle army training program tough-ftor heavens sakes, what will happetn to the fellow whlo cenn't supplor't his body's we'ight with his arms. I be'leve, as you (10, that Caro ia shotuld have a reough anid tumbile physical educeationt (physical fItness) program wIth theory coursee. as we'll. Teach a mnit tei fight, swim, amid take care of hIs body and we'll have less gold starrs een the flag it thme Alumnni OffIce. Sinetlcey The Foot Is Off The Face By Anne Searson Someone asked, "Where are the 'sands' of yesteryear?" Editor Reese, being a little thick, took it as an invitation to put me back on the payroll. And so, Lafayette, we are here, and before this is over, we will probably wish we were where you are! It is with fear and trembling that I reclaim the reins of this chariot. In the past few months our publication, i. e., The Gamecock, has undergone a ter rific bombardment of complaints. Literary critics seem to be springing up from every corner of the campus. And this I think is fine! Obviously, if you are so meticulous in your criticism, you are equally as thorough in your reading. May I say in behalf of the entire staff that we are deliriously * happy to learn of this increased circulation, and we shall endeavor to hold your interest in "every" possible way. In the meantime, I ran across an axiom which I print here for no earthly reason! "People who live in glass houses should never throw stones." PERSONAL TO ALUMNI As I am writing this it is V-E day in the United States. If you will permit, I would like to deviate from the customary tone of this column for at least a paragraph or so. It is also V-E (lay on our campus. In the canteen this morning, cokes are still being slung over the counter like jeeps off an assembly line. The booths are as always crowded to capacity. Actually, there has been no cessation of normal activity, no outward display of jubilance. Classes are meet ing on schedule, Sims lobby has experienced its usual com ings and goings, and Coker college houses the immortal round of bridge games. But radios, for the first time in months, are not being restricted for musical use only. Dials are now being flipped on news commentaries. As the radio networks stack news broadcasts on end from all corners of the world, preoccupa tion of daily affairs has dwindled somewhat. We are listen ing. We are hanging on the words of men who up until now have struck us as being rather dull. We are waiting alert to any new development. I prised a few students away from radios, newspapers and card tables to make a brief poll of campus opinion for this paragraph. Most of them say the fall of Germany has been such fuel for rumor for the past few weeks that Presi dent Truman's proclamation this morning was only an anti climax. A few feel that we are being cheated out of our rejoicing by the government's request that there be ro all-out rejoicing. On the whole, however, they seem to agree that the day merely marks the half-way mark to victory. With all due praise to our magnificent fighting men in Europe, we turn our hearts westward now to what we con sider our own particular little war. We are grateful to be able to look upon the German conflict as a job well done by you and our allies. We are grateful to be able to con centrate our prayer and our mental and physical energies toward a single "front" at last. Today I thought of our beloved late President Rion Mc Kissick, and of the way he used to address us as "men and women of Carolina." It gave us an estate a little above col lege students, and sorority and fraternity members. Today the Carolina student body proved itself worthy of that estate to my way of thinking. I talked to a girl whose eyes were bright with joy starts because she felt V-E (lay meant that soon the fellow in that p)icture on her dIresser would step out of his frame into real life again. I talked to a V-12 wvho just wants the Japs left up to him and his PT boat (which (duty he's made up his mnindl to get). I talked to an RO who says he's going to take an L4CI right up on the beach of the Japanese mainland, and carry it into Tokyo on his shoulders. I talked to a civilian who wears a discharge pin, and he wvas a proud as any sol dier I've ever seen in uniform. TPhere's been quite a bit of bravado--as is so typical of our America. But there is still an undercurrert of sober thinking and thanksgiving. There are "so many faces miss ing from the family group" here on the campus. Although there are newv ones which replace them-and many of these are now equally as (lear!- , we know our peace is only half. wvon, our happiness (distinctly incomplete. Until each of you can return to walk p)ast Legare, D)esSaussure, the old library andl look again on Maxcy monument, our celebrations will have to wait. Some of us are coming to you ; others must awvait your home coming. And1( that will be the day! The chapel bell will ring far out over Gibbes Green, and even D)r. Sherrill will cut his classes. We'll stage a Carolina Clemson game in the Township Auditorium-and wye might even win! POWERS SWIPED IT FROM ESQUIRE A di viniity studlent namedl Tw'~eedle. Refusedl to accep)t his dlegree. lHe dlidn't object to Tweedle, Rut he hatedl the Tweedlle D). ID. FROM ONE SCRIBE TO ANOTHER WVe wvrint b)elow an article by our esteenmed colleague Va. McD)uffy. Hav'ing snatched myself completely bald this issue wvorrying over material, I think it's rather apipropriate! "Women have been changing their mindIs--and hair dos-5-since the beginning of time. There seems to be no rimew or reason for. the modern hair trendls. They go f rom the sublime to the ridiculous-from Marie An tionette's l)ompadour to D)aisy Mae's pigtails. Beau Brummel would throwv up his hands in horror if he c'ouldl see Carolina's 1945 coiffures. No two heads are alike. It's amusing but confusing to see a charming Victorian miss tripping across the.campus hand in hand with one of Petty's glamorous. But there is one time--one (lay-that all girls look alike. They wear idlentical coiffures. It is the worst tragedly in any co-ed's life. It's the rainy (lay. Anthony had his Cleopatra, Romeo his Juliet, andl ,iI Abner his D)aisy Mae. But the lucky Cassanova of todaSy may have his n)ic from amn. n neo hs.